Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.
SCHSL Taking Suggestions on Competitive Balance… A lot has been said around the state about the apparent fact that charter schools and private school seem to have a competitive edge and are having greater success especially in the lower classification… In the case of Gray Colligate in Columbia, some schools have decided to forfeit their games with the school in multiple sports… The SCHSL has formed a competitive balance committee to look into this and they will be reporting to the leagues executive committee on this matter soon… Lou Bezak has written an interesting article in the State Newspaper about some of the suggestions that may come out of this committee and be reported to the executive committee… If you would like to read this article, click here… These ideas could affect schools like Thornwell, Calhoun Falls, Christ Church, Southside Christian and St Joseph’s in our area should they come to pass.
Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Aumar Robinson Named TD Club Player of the Week… Yesterday the Laurens County Touchdown Club announced that Clinton senior defensive end Aumar Robinson has been name the Player of the Week for his performance in the Red Devils 38-7 win over Broome last Friday night in second round action of the SCHSL Class AAA Playoffs… He had 5.5 tackles for the Red Devil defense; three tackles for loss; three quarterback sacks and two quarterback hurries holding Broome to seven points after coming into the contest scoring over 40 points per game… Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Aumar was our leading Devil defensive player Friday night. He has matured as a person and a player… Aumar has worked tremendously hard in the weight room and on the practice field to become a starter on defense… He spent every day on the scout team the past three years trying to wreak havoc on the starting defense… I’m sure at times he may have gotten frustrated but he kept coming to practice giving everything he had to give every day… It has been awesome to see him transition into the starting rotation this year.” He will be honored this Thursday when the TD Club meets at noon at The Ridge on exchange Drive… It will be the annual Clemson – South Carolina meting with former USC football great, former NFL player and Pro Bowler Patrick DiMarco speaking for the Gamecocks and former Clemson University football great and current assistant coach of the Tigers, Coach Danny Pearman speaking for the Tigers.
- Girls Tennis Team Region Awards… As a reminder, the lady Red Devil tennis team finished their region schedule undefeated and thus won the region… They did lose out in the playoff to BHP… Recently the All-Region Awards were released and as you might expect the Red Devils were prominent among those awards… Chandler Dailey, Libby Dailey, Kimora Wesley and Carley MacMillan were named to the All-Region Team… Chandley Dailey was also named the Player of the Year… As you might expect, Coach Clovis Simmons was also named the Region Coach of the Year… If you would like to see other who made the All-Region Team and the order of finish for each region team, click here… Congratulations to these outstanding young ladies and Coach Simmons… GO BIG RED!
- Red Devil Boys Cross Country Finishes 6th at State Meet… Last Friday the Red Devil boys cross country team was one of 16 teams competing fort eh SCHSL Class AAA State Championship… The Red Devils had their highest finish ever as they finished 6th with Wren winning the Championship… The team was led by junior William Reid who finished with a time of 16:50 putting him in 12th place and earned him a spot on the All-State Team… If you would like to see not only how the other Red Devil runners did but also comments from Coach Lee Atkinson and the order of finish and score of all 16 teams, click here… Congratulations to the Red Devils on the fine season and showing in the State Meet! GO BIG RED!
Laurens HS
- Two Raiders Finish Well at State AAAA Meet… Also last Friday the SCHSL State Class AAAA Championship Meet was held… The Raiders did not qualify as a team for the meet but two Raiders Cody Patterson and Hunter Power did qualify individually for the meet and finished well… There were 118 runners in the boys’ portion of the meet and sophomore Cody Patterson finished 24th overall with a time of 17:16 while freshman Hunter Power finished 27th overall with a time of 17:18… By the way, these times were the season’s best time for both runners…If you would like to see how the other runners in the meet did and the order of finish for the 16 teams who qualified for the meet, click here.
High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings
- Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.
Sports Talk High School Football Recap
- To hear a recap of playoff football games around the state last Friday (11-10-23) produced by Sports Talk Media, click here.
Local Sports Schedule: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.
- School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
- School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
- Laurens Academy: To see the varsity and middle school boys’ basketball l schedule click here… To see the varsity & middle school girls’ basketball schedule click here.
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell football schedule click here… To see the volleyball schedule click here… To see the cross country schedule click here.
- PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.
College Sports:
- College Football Scores and Upcoming Games by Weeks… For those of you college football fans who are looking for a quick way to find scores for each week of the college football season and upcoming games listed by each week, I have made it easy for you… Just click here… This link will carry you to the NCAA website where college football game and scores are listed week by week… Once you get there, there are numerous ways you can filter the schedules and results on the site… You can filter by week, by paying division (FBS, FCS, DII and DII as well as by week, conference and other ways… I use it a lot and hope you will enjoy using it!
- FBS AP Rankings… The latest AP Ranking (11-12-23) for the FBS Division still has Georgia at #1 followed by Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State and Washington in the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Oregon, Texas, Alabama, Louisville (up from #11) and Oregon State which moved up from 12 to #10… To see the entire top 25 click here.
- FCS Coaches Poll… The latest FCS Coaches Poll (11-12-23) for college football still has South Dakota State ranked #1 Furman is still ranked #2 after their 37-3 win over VMI last Saturday… To see the entire top 25 in the Coaches Poll click here.
- College Football Playoff Rankings… The latest College Football Playoff rankings (11-4-23) are still a little different from the AP Poll… They still have Ohio State at #1 and Georgia #2… Michigan still is #3 and Florida State continues to hold down spot #4… All four of those schools are undefeated and Washington which is also undefeated checks in at #5… That means that if the season were over and the committee that does the rankings still had theses 4 teams in the same order, Ohio State would take on Florida State in one semifinal game while Georgia and Michigan would battle in the other one… Of course we have a ways to go before the season ends and this is all subject to change… If you want to see the entire top 25 as ranked by the committee, click here.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
NBA
- Scores… To see the latest scores in the NBA and games up next, click here
- Standings… To see the current standing and records in each of the NBA Conferences click here.
This & That:
- 2023 Laurens YMCA Reindeer Run… The 24th annual Laurens YMCA Reindeer run 5k and Fun Run will be held Saturday, Dec. 9th… The cost to register for the 5K is $30 until Nov 19th and $35 after that date…That is also the date you must register by to be guaranteed to get a race shirt… The Fun Run (ages 1-12) cost is $5 and again you must pay for a race shirt separately by Nov.19th in the Fun Run… All proceeds go to support the Youth Scholarship Program and prizes will be awarded for the top two finishers male and female… Discounts for teams are also being offered… For more information call the Y at 984-2626… If you click here it will take you to the YMCA website where there is more information on the Reindeer Run and links to online registration.
- Youth Basketball Registration at The Ridge… Youth basketball registration is now open for boys and girls ages 7-12 for basketball through the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation Department… There will be both a boys and a girls division… The cost is only $60 and registration will close on Friday, Nov. 17th with skill evaluation on Monday, Nov. 20th… For more information call them at 681-7275 and registration will soon be available online at www.laurensrecreation.com.
- Laurens County TD Next Meeting November 16th… The Laurens County Touchdown Club kicked off the 2023 season on Thursday, November 16th… The club meets bi-weekly at The Ridge (City of Laurens Parks and Recreation headquarters) at noon for a lunch… Each week the high school coaches will talk about their recent games and upcoming opponents… After the first meeting, there will also be quest speakers… To see a list of who those speakers are scheduled to be for each meeting click here… The TD Club will close out its season on Wednesday, December 6th with its Post Season Awards Banquet… For more information on how to join the club or become a sponsor click here… To go to another part of our website where links to videos of this seasons past meetings, click here… See you there!
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